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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 6, 2018 20:21:11 GMT
Hi guys If you have any feedbakc and feature requests for the website please place them here. We already have a big list of features planned to add later. We were jus ttrying to get a first revision out quickly. I will update later with more features. - Ability to set the theme colour
- A much more beautiful theme in line with most of us being content creators
- A mobile theme (sorry guys, one had ot come bofore the other)
- More social sign ins if any are requested.
- Add a bnackground texture built from a word cloud of all our issues with youtube
- There is currently a weekly mailing list, after doing a survey I think before this becomes more frequent we need more categories. For now I think it best to stick to 1 weekly but will consider adding mroe in the future as needs change.
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Post by mattsawesomestuff on Mar 6, 2018 21:05:18 GMT
Is there a "log in with Gmail" API you can use to track the number of subscribers that each Union member has so we can have a visible, numerical representation of the power of the Union?
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Post by sulla on Mar 6, 2018 21:15:22 GMT
Just curios what platform are you using/going to use for the site?
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 6, 2018 22:19:15 GMT
Is there a "log in with Gmail" API you can use to track the number of subscribers that each Union member has so we can have a visible, numerical representation of the power of the Union? There is but its not quite that simple. The gmail login only gives certain information. It is certainly possible to pull a subscribber count. I used a simpler login system for speed of setup. I do have some plans though on showing our numbers. Firstly I want to link in with all the social groups to show their numbers on the website. We need a visual representation of power. Currently Profiles have options to list "Social profiles" including Youtube. I plan to do this to generate a members page (op in for visibility) which shows our members and theeri followings to give a direct indication of teh size of the movement. Much like Jorg's original video was brief just to get the ball rolling I wanted to pass some of the creative control out to the Union so just got something up quickly that will be easy to expand as we make decisions
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 6, 2018 22:21:06 GMT
Just curios what platform are you using/going to use for the site? Its drupal
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John Becket
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Post by John Becket on Mar 6, 2018 22:45:07 GMT
Just curios what platform are you using/going to use for the site? Its drupal Using the YouTube Data API, you could have a user authenticate over OAuth and request the users channel from the API, this could be a form of tallying the total channels that have banded together? Each channel is authed to verify that the channel owner has added it (not just a random person).
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 6, 2018 22:57:19 GMT
Using the YouTube Data API, you could have a user authenticate over OAuth and request the users channel from the API, this could be a form of tallying the total channels that have banded together? Each channel is authed to verify that the channel owner has added it (not just a random person). Was planning something similar to this. You are welcome to jump in and help once we get onto the specifics.
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Post by John Becket on Mar 6, 2018 23:25:25 GMT
Using the YouTube Data API, you could have a user authenticate over OAuth and request the users channel from the API, this could be a form of tallying the total channels that have banded together? Each channel is authed to verify that the channel owner has added it (not just a random person). Was planning something similar to this. You are welcome to jump in and help once we get onto the specifics. I'd be happy to, I'll be floating around the forums, just let me know.
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Post by sulla on Mar 7, 2018 1:54:01 GMT
Just curios what platform are you using/going to use for the site? Its drupal Thanks was just curios as I said. Have not looked at Drupal in a long time. Will have to see how its going now.
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 7, 2018 9:22:20 GMT
Thanks was just curios as I said. Have not looked at Drupal in a long time. Will have to see how its going now. As with most open source software the downside is in the documentation. There are gaps, big ones. Setup guides are often terrible taking the format of step 1 Install module, step 2 configure module. Which is infuriating. I've spent a lot of time contributing to the documentation, I've helped design and improve a few modules, and most importantly I've developed some server side software to make some of the headaches more managable. In the near future I am going to split the websites theme into an empty subtheme and expose it to changes on Drupal.org, so anyone will be able to contribute to the theme and i can then just install the updated version. More importantly it gives anyone with the skills to contribute a way to pitch in without me having to manage my own versioning and moderation system.
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Post by bergonius on Mar 7, 2018 13:31:51 GMT
Captcha is unnecessary hard and very frustrating (especially on mobile device). This creates a wall for visitors, I think it has to be replaced with recaptcha or Google one.
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Post by maximgunn on Mar 7, 2018 15:07:27 GMT
Captcha is unnecessary hard and very frustrating (especially on mobile device). This creates a wall for visitors, I think it has to be replaced with recaptcha or Google one. I agree with that, the fewer obstacles the better... The 'I'm not a robot' button you see sometimes is very easy, can we get one of those?
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 7, 2018 16:34:36 GMT
Captcha is unnecessary hard and very frustrating (especially on mobile device). This creates a wall for visitors, I think it has to be replaced with recaptcha or Google one. I agree with that, the fewer obstacles the better... The 'I'm not a robot' button you see sometimes is very easy, can we get one of those? The website got hit by a few bots attempting to sign up before i even opened it to registrations. I made the CAPTCHA harder to discourage the bots, in the abscence of any other methods to control the bots. Now some of those are in place I am going to make the CAPTCHA an easier one bergonius Can you tell me more specifically why it is harder on your mobile device? Is it a layout and themeing issue. We don't have a mobile version yet. It displays fine on my own screen, but I do have a particularly large screen.
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Post by bigmonmulgrew on Mar 7, 2018 18:01:58 GMT
I have now replaced the image CAPTCHA on the sign up page with the advanced version of the "I am not a robot" button. The one that shows some images for you to select. It should be easier to fill in than the other one but still be very effective at stopping bots.
The only place still using the difficult image one is the password recovery page, since there is a very good reason to make that harder for bots. I have reduced teh length though from 10 to 8 characters.
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Post by rilda on Mar 7, 2018 19:19:48 GMT
K, I'm not usually this inept at getting signed up but holy jaysus it's been a couple of days, numerous attempts and I'm starting to lose my sense of haha. WTF Won't accept password, cannot seem to get 'reset password' to my email. I've also noticed I have issues on other sites lately so it may very well be me Thanks for what you are doing!
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